Conversation-prayers with Jesus which deal with such common events of a child's life as going to the hospital, planting a garden, taking piano lessons, and flying a kite.

Let's go Jesus

Speerstra, Karen

Concordia Pub. House

The earthshapers

Naturegraph Publishers

Portrays the daily life of the ancient Mound Builders in the northern Mississippi Valley through the eyes of young Yellow Moon.

The Earthshapers

Literature & Fiction

Armstrong, George Douglas

Genre Fiction

Naturegraph Pub

Product Description The Divine Art of Dying explores the time when individuals facing a life-limiting illness make critical decisions about how they will live until they die. Authors Karen Speerstra and Herbert Anderson teamed up to write this book shortly before Speerstra's death. Their hope was that this book would be a gift to help people who are irreversibly ill (and their friends and family) navigate the perilous journey to the point at which one decides to discontinue curative treatment and turn toward death. The book includes reflections from Speerstra's hospice journal and essays written jointly by Speerstra and Anderson on themes that include learning to wait, letting go, giving gifts, and telling stories.Karen's experiential and moving reflections are woven together with Anderson's pastoral insights gleaned from years of teaching, writing, and lecturing on death, dying, and bereavement, as well as practicing hospital chaplaincy and pastoral care. Together they have created a deeply profound and practical book that aims to empower people who are dying to live as fully as they can until life's end, and to help those who care for them to share this journey with compassion and hope.Several reflections by Speerstra's friends and family are included along with sidebars describing "divine-human virtues." Suggestions for caregivers are provided at the end of each chapter. About the Author Karen Speerstra was a writer, editor, and the author of ten books, including the Nautilus gold medal winner, Sophia: The Feminine Face of God. Karen lived courageously and creatively with ovarian cancer for ten years until she died in November 2013, shortly after completing the manuscript for The Divine Art of Dying.Herbert Anderson remains active as a Lutheran pastor and has served as a hospital chaplain, pastoral counselor, and seminary professor of pastoral theology and care. He is the author or coauthor of thirteen books and over one hundred articles on dying and grieving, family living, ritual and stories, spirituality, and masculinity. He lives in Sonoma, California.Dr. Ira Byock is a leading medical authority and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He is a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is the founder and chief medical officer of the Institute for Human Caring, a component of Providence healthcare system. His books include Dying Well, The Four Things That Matter Most, and The Best Care Possible. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

The Divine Art of Dying, Second Edition: Living Well to Life's End

Anderson, Herbert

Parenting & Relationships

Fortress Press

Our planet, our home, is in crisis plain and simple and this collection of quotes, poems, essays, and prayers will inspire all to actively reverse the manmade cause of global warming, stem the tide of environmental destruction, and to reconnect to the good earth. Short essays of topical interest introduce each of the eight sections of this book, and the 250 voices inside, most of them contemporary, began to harmonize together as they seem to call out for their own canonical structure -- one bounded by the ancient elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water. This collection of voices is like a "green book of devotional hours," reminiscent of the Books of Hours medieval people used to hold in their palms. It was called "a cathedral in your hands." And like that medieval book, The Green Devotional reminds us that we are connected to something broader and wiser than ourselves. Included are selections from such people as Rachel Carson, Cornel West, Bill McKibben, Alice Walker, Sue Monk Kidd, Dean Koontz, Barbara Kingsolver, Daniel Pinchbeck, Arundhati Roy and many others. The Green Devotional ends with a section of "Closing Prayers" that prepare us no just to go to sleep but to rest up for another day of passionate action. Printed on 100% recycled paper.

The Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Conari Press

Assembled in this book are over 5,000 Divine Sparks” collected quotations and sayings from every path of spiritual wisdom. From Abundance” to Zoroastrianism,” the more than 500 topics are arranged alphabetically. What makes this collection unique is the author’s vision of a broadly-defined spiritual spectrum covering all the familiar topics of spirituality, but wide enough to include topics such as ambiguity, bees, chaos, humor, identity, journey, knots, stones, whales and yew trees. Believing that spirituality and creativity are intricately linked, Speerstra includes many insights on such topics as art and artists, beauty, color, dance, icons, imagination, music, painting, poetry, sculpture, storytelling and writing. Women will find here a ready affinity with such topics as abuse, birth, blood, care-taking, circles, depression, dreams, feminine energy, friendship, goddess, healing, home, moon, play, ritual, etc. Those in business will find wise insights on such diverse topics as achievement, balance, communication, community, complexity, control, creativity, dialogue, discovery, entropy, failure, future, goals, innovation, knowledge, language, leaders/leadership, listening, living systems, motivation, order/disorder, possibilities, potential, quantum theory, questions, relationships, responsibility, service, synergy, talent, technology, values, vocation, and, of course, work. Close to 1,800 different authors contributed these remembered truths.”

Divine Sparks: Collected Wisdom of the Heart

Morning Light Pr

Sophia—The Feminine Face of God a Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner is a spiritual memoir/essay about the Divine Feminine (a.k.a. Sophia, Great Mother, Holy Spirit). It brings together the many faces of Sophia — historical, folklored, fairytaled — as well as stories of her mystical presence throughout different times and cultures. It offers timeless wisdom for spiritual growth and the healing of our planet.

Sophia - The Feminine Face of God: Nine Hearts Path to Healing and Abundance

Christian Books & Bibles

Divine Arts

The Divine Art of Dying looks at the unique moment when a person turns toward death and examines what the dying person and their caregivers can expect. Based on the author’s own current experience, it’s about how we might die well and live well up to the very end of our physical existence. Combining personal stories with solid research on palliative and hospice care, this book identifies the decisions the dying one and his or her loved ones and friends must make. Unlike other books on dying, The Divine Art of Dying takes a broader approach than just a medical one. It is not a “case book” but rather a well integrated look at the divine art of living and dying to the fullest, that includes spiritual insights from many sources along with references from literature, movies, and current culture. Karen Speerstra is an award-winning author. Her previous Divine Arts title Sophia: The Feminine Face of God (ISBN: 978-1611250046) won the 2013 Nautilus gold award. Written in a very readable style, The Divine Art Of Dying addresses real and common fears and the challenges of letting go and handing over a life. The book introduces new concepts to the body of writing on death and dying. It explains the medical complexities of end-of-life choices and gives helpful advice to caregivers to the dying in every chapter. and authentically chronicles the author’s own dying process. Foreword by author and internationally recognized authority on hospice and palliative care Dr. Ira Byock.

The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying

For the first time, you'll find quotations about writing organized by and keyed to real questions writers and authors ask.from How do I get started? to Why do writers write, anyway? to What do I do about writer's block to Where do you get your ideas and 16 more. Authors' voices are heard here that appear in no other collection of writing quotes-lots of women, many recent writers-nearly 6,000 quotations. They offer at times whimsical, clever, witty, at times serious, and helpful insights into the writing game collected and organized by someone who has been in this game for three decades-writing, editing, publishing, consulting.Quotes are small gems of wisdom that I wish I had thought of. Some wise, some funny, some profound, but all enlightening. I only wish I had more room on my computer for more of the quotes from Karen Speerstra's clever book, QUESTIONS WRITERS ASK... This is a must-have book for any writer's library. ~Sue Viders, Author of Deal a Story (Card game) and HEROES AND HEROINES.

Questions Writers Ask: Wise, Whimsical, and Witty Answers from the Pros

Reference

Quotations

Robert Reed Publishers

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